8-letter words containing t, a, n, e, r
- reattain — to attain (a goal, aim, level of achievement, etc) again
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recreant — cowardly or craven.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- refasten — to fasten again
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- relating — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- relaxant — of, relating to, or causing a relaxation.
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- remanent — remaining; left behind.
- remnants — a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- renature — to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- renegate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- renovate — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- reobtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- resinata — a type of white wine from Greece
- resinate — to treat with resin, as by impregnation.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- retained — to keep possession of.
- retainer — the act of retaining in one's service.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- retirant — retiree.
- revenant — a person who returns.
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- runagate — a fugitive or runaway.
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- santarem — a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- santeria — (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- sarcenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- sarsenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- serenata — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- serenate — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- serjeant — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.